Mac UI issues

Media Team

We have been having several issues with the UI of Proclaim on the Mac. We do not have these issues on Windows, but the main computer we run it on and edit it, is a Mac. Most of these problems have been going on since we started using Proclaim a couple of years ago. Maybe we are the only one with these problems.

-Resizing text boxes. If I drag the right side of a text box on a song to make it bigger or smaller, there is no problem. If I drag the left size, it will only move a little or not at all. It will bounce back.

-Changing font size. If I change the font size, it will either not change it and go back to the previous number or start adding numbers. Example if I want to change to font size to 60, I can click in the box, highlight the current number and type over it or delete it. Sometime it will change and sometimes it won't. The same problem happens if you use the up/down arrows beside the box. It will try to go to the previous number.

-Changing the service time. We have two services and use the pre-service loop and warm up. When we change the time for the second service and click the button beside it, every time the button will not glow and get a blue circle around it. To make it work, we have to delete the whole time, type the new time, click edit and then find a text box to click in and then sometime we will be able to click the button beside the time and it will take effect. If the button does not glow, it didn't accept the time. This has cause problems with countdowns not starting. This looks completely different on the Windows version and works every time.

Thanks,
Scott

Jordan Sjodin

Thanks for the report. I'll take a look at these things today. 

Media Team

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/811648#Comment_811648

Any update?

Mike Binks

Hi Scott

Media Team said:

-Resizing text boxes

I don't have the same problems working between my macbook and iMac.

Media Team said:

-Changing font size

You are quite right - changing the font size in Logos is something of a black art. I can see the reason that they don't allow the font to enlarge over a certain size but the lack of response in the text box (it should stop at the limit until further editing is done) and occasion oscillation of the text itself (it seems to get bigger then smaller then bigger as the text size in the setting box is increased) makes you doubt what the eventual slide will look like.

Jordan Sjodin

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/814328#Comment_814328

Looks like both of the first issues are due to slide generation attempting to set the values while you are setting them. I am looking into fixing this. i.e. you change the font size, the slide starts to generate, you change it again, and the font size gets set back when slide generation ends... It should affect windows too, but it seems like the Windows UI is handling it better.

It seemed like the time was setting fine for me. Just typing the time and hitting enter was working. As well as hitting the button. Although I did notice that focus did not leave the field when hitting enter, and the blue ring on the button did not leave after clicking it. 

This control should be the same as Windows, so I will make a case for that to get done as well.